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Medical Research

MARS Awards: South African researcher wins first place

Katja Hamilton 9 Jan 2025

An educator uses a model of the HIV virus to illustrate a lesson on Aids to youths at a primary health centre in Kobi suburb, Abuja, Nigeria 30 November 2022. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

HIV/AIDS

New HIV prevention drug could reach poorest countries by 2025, says health official

Jennifer Rigby 18 Dec 2024

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Malaria

Mystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministry

Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian 18 Dec 2024

A health employee gives a malaria injection to a child during the official ceremony for the launch of the malaria vaccination campaign for children aged between zero and eleven months in Abobo a district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 15 July 2024. Reuters/Luc Gnago/File Photo

Malaria

Malaria cases up again in 2023, African children worst hit, WHO reports

Jennifer Rigby 17 Dec 2024

Source: Supplied. Madelein O’Connell, Executive: Marketing, Sales and Corporate Relations at Bestmed Medical Scheme

Trends

#BizTrends2025: The role of medical schemes in preventative healthcare and wellness trends

Madelein O'Connell 13 Jan 2025

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Climate Change

Global Citizen now comes to Rio De Janeiro, with Cyril Ramaphosa, president of South Africa

Issued by OnPoint PR 22 Nov 2024

Redefining social upliftment in South Africa

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Redefining social upliftment in South Africa

Issued by Irvine Partners 13 Nov 2024

Pharmaceuticals

MiKO Pharma's new facility promises affordable, high-quality medicine across Africa

26 Sep 2024

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Gavi to buy 500,000 mpox vaccine doses from Bavarian Nordic

Jennifer Rigby 19 Sep 2024

Bridgewater and Global Citizen LED Economic Development Assembly coming to Abidjan on 9-10 October

Economy

Bridgewater and Global Citizen LED Economic Development Assembly coming to Abidjan on 9-10 October

Issued by OnPoint PR 13 Sep 2024

Public Health

Pharmacists International Federation: Global vaccine supply in the balance

4 Sep 2024

Benson Boone and RAYE join 2024 Global Citizen Festival lineup

Events

Benson Boone and RAYE join 2024 Global Citizen Festival lineup

Issued by OnPoint PR 29 Aug 2024

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Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Air pollution in South Africa: Affordable new devices use AI to monitor hotspots in real time

Bruce Mellado 19 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Bada Pharasi, chief executive officer of the Innovative Pharmaceutical Association of South Africa (Ipasa).

Healthcare

Research and innovation key to safeguarding SA’s health resiliency

27 Jun 2024

Source: Climate Change as a Human Rights Risk: A Resource for Health and Education Rights Activists in South Africa.

Healthcare

New Section27 report: Climate change threatens child health and education

20 Jun 2024

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Music

Doja Cat, Post Malone, and Rauw Alejandro to headline 2024 Global Citizen Fest in NYC's Central Park

Issued by OnPoint PR 19 Jun 2024

The causes making a difference in SA

CSI & Philanthropy

The causes making a difference in SA

Issued by Irvine Partners 4 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

Malaria - we’ve barely scratched the surface

Malaria

Malaria - we’ve barely scratched the surface

Issued by Irvine Partners 30 Apr 2024

Healthcare

Gavi and Unicef welcome approval of new oral cholera vaccine

23 Apr 2024

Source: Life Healthcare.

Healthcare

New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease

Yvette Naudé 5 Apr 2024

Public Health

Can the UN impose sanctions on SA? You bet it can… and One Health may be the tipping point

Katja Hamilton 15 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied.

Property

Royal gems: Top 5 Airbnbs across South African borders

5 Mar 2024

Source: Supplied. Michael K. Obeng, chief executive officer and founder of Miko Pharma.

Pharmaceuticals

Miko Pharma drives $50m investment push to set up pharmaceutical plant in Ghana

29 Feb 2024

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

Packaging

Spar makes progress in sustainable packaging

29 Feb 2024

Malaria

Cape Verde is the third African country to eliminate malaria: here’s how

Tiaan de Jager and Taneshka Kruger 5 Feb 2024

Malaria

A historic milestone: WHO-endorsed malaria vaccine now administered across Africa

23 Jan 2024

Dentsu celebrates the appointment of Chishimba Musonda as managing director in Zambia

Marketing

Dentsu celebrates the appointment of Chishimba Musonda as managing director in Zambia

Issued by Dentsu 14 Dec 2023

Source: City of Hope.

Healthcare

Breakthroughs in medicine: top virologist on the two most important developments for Africa

Oyewale Tomori 2 Nov 2023

Pharmaceuticals

Moroccan pharmaceutical firm Sothema mulls east African plant

10 Oct 2023

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation campus is pictured in Seattle, Washington, US 5 May 2021. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson/File Photo

Medical Research

Gates gives $40m to boost access to mRNA vaccines in Africa

Jennifer Rigby and Wendell Roelf 9 Oct 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO recommends malaria vaccine that will be rolled out next year

4 Oct 2023

Healthcare

From fatal allergies to heart attacks and cholera - the devastating health effects of global warming in Africa

Lenore Manderson 7 Sep 2023

Load shedding hampering efficiency, effectiveness of waste management sector

Infrastructure & Utilities

Load shedding hampering efficiency, effectiveness of waste management sector

21 Jul 2023

Global Citizen announces 5 new ambassadors

ESG

Global Citizen announces 5 new ambassadors

Issued by OnPoint PR 30 Jun 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legislation

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

Source: Supplied. Tom Kariuki, SFA Foundation executive director at the Deltas Africa ll launch event in Nairobi, Kenya.

Medical Research

Science for Africa Foundation launches $70m research programme

11 May 2023

Image source: Anna Shvets from

Circular Economy & Waste Management

Kenya banned plastic bags 6 years ago, but they are still in use - what went wrong

Jane Mutheu Mutune 9 May 2023

Source: World Economic Forum.

Malaria

The world's first malaria vaccine ready for distribution

26 Apr 2023

Malaria

Vitality Health International teams up with Goodbye Malaria to save lives

25 Apr 2023

Source: Supplied.

Tourism

Introducing the Klein Karoo's all-new Mont Eco

24 Apr 2023

Public Health

Consortium sparks debate over intellectual property of mRNA vaccines manufactured in SA

Katja Hamilton 21 Apr 2023

Source: Reuters.

Public Health

Ghana first to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine

13 Apr 2023

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

Environment & Natural Resources

Forests reduce health risks, new global report confirms

Issued by The Coup 24 Mar 2023

Dream expands portfolio with Madikwe River Lodge

Hospitality

Dream expands portfolio with Madikwe River Lodge

21 Feb 2023

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

Malaria

UP-led study finds aloe plant could impede life cycle of malaria-carrying parasite

Issued by University of Pretoria 14 Feb 2023

Source: Supplied. Rose Leke, chair of Gavi's IRC.

Healthcare

Gavi appoints Rose Leke as IRC chair

8 Feb 2023

The truth about the educational impact of TV for children

TV

The truth about the educational impact of TV for children

Issued by JNPR 27 Jan 2023